You're right, I'm not saying studying won't help. I still believe though that it doesn't really matter the first time you take it. You could study 100 hours or not at all and there would only be a small difference in scores... at least that's how it would have been for me.

oneofthem

Cayman Islands24199 Posts

September 27 2007 17:03 GMT

#22

well i studied a total of about 10 hours during a 2 month stretch for this stuff, mostly grammar stuff, and raised me score 60ish points to 1600 in the verbal and math sections.

QuanticHawk

United States32049 Posts

September 27 2007 17:05 GMT

#23

i took em three times years ago, during the old test. i did the best when i went out n partied the night before and didnt even think about it.

then again im a good test taker, and i didnt bother studying for it. i think thats ridiculous. thats all this shit is basically about.

blah. fuck college, fuck sats.

FirstBorn

Romania3955 Posts

September 27 2007 17:07 GMT

#24

Actually i really don't know what a SAT is. We don't have this shit in Romania.

JiggaJay

United States86 Posts

September 27 2007 18:28 GMT

#25

My friend got uber scholarships for huge score on SAT. Its not a hard test, neither of us studied for it and got good scores because its a test of logic mixed with some knowledge really. If you have logic you're golden.

OrderlyChaos

United States1115 Posts

September 27 2007 18:49 GMT

#26

As TheMusiC pointed out, as long as you get a decent score on the SAT, you'll be fine. Perfection is not needed as much as your other stuff, like good essays, good recs, and good extracurrics

If you don't care as much about the uber-elite Universities, the PSAT matters a lot more as far as money goes. I'm going to my college for almost free and got into a fairly exclusive pre-med/medschool accelerated program thanks to being a finalist...

vstar

Korea (South)693 Posts

September 27 2007 18:58 GMT

#27

IdrA

United States11541 Posts

September 27 2007 19:04 GMT

#28

as sad as it is that such a useless test means so much i like it quite a bit

3 hours of basic reading comprehension and 10th grade math make applying to colleges so much easier.

decafchicken

United States20017 Posts

September 27 2007 19:14 GMT

#29

When i hear i think of SAT i think of:
1. Thank god. I need them to compensate for my GPA
2. Stress-free. Why do people spazz over standardized test so much? If you pay a modicum of attention in school, and have moderate reasoning/reading skills, you will do fine.

paper

13196 Posts

September 27 2007 19:58 GMT

#30

I didn't study much for the SATs -- I took some SAT classes that really just got me familiar with the test format/questions and I got 2200ish. Just knowing how the SAT works and learning a few time-saving techniques is ftw.

btw, having a ti-89 on the math IIc is like instant 750+ lawls

MaRiNe23

United States747 Posts

September 27 2007 20:24 GMT

#31

On September 28 2007 04:58 paper wrote:
btw, having a ti-89 on the math IIc is like instant 750+ lawls

Only if u know how and when to use it

Chill

Calgary25979 Posts

September 27 2007 20:26 GMT

#32

I never took the SATs but I took the LSATs. I didn't study and just hoped that my natural knowledge would take me through. The night before the test I was locked out of my house until 3 am, and had to be up at 7 am for the test.
I think I got 165 79th percentile. I'm sure of the percentile (because 80 was the cutoff for a lot of schools) but not of the score.
Then I retook it 6 months later. Studied everything in my book, did all the practise problems and got a good night sleep.
I got around 155 65 percentile.

It was at this point I decided law school wasn't for me :D I don't even know if I wanted to goto law school, it was more to take a shot and see what happened. Luckily the oil patch in Alberta was literally just gearing up as I graduated...

Parents have good intentions but often aren't good at motivating, but the people whining in this blog are equally dumb. Giving up a few hours "of your precious summer" a day is not a big deal when you consider what is at stake. And really, what else were you going to do with that time?

imBLIND

United States2626 Posts

September 27 2007 22:07 GMT

#33

Woww

Is it really that easy?
Damn parents making it feel like this is a test to get a doctorate or something.

Frits

11782 Posts

September 27 2007 22:15 GMT

#34

On September 28 2007 07:07 imBLIND wrote:
Woww

Is it really that easy?
Damn parents making it feel like this is a test to get a doctorate or something.

Remember, everyone always says everything is easy. But only after they've done it.

Take that shit seriously.

vstar

Korea (South)693 Posts

September 27 2007 22:20 GMT

#35

IdrA

United States11541 Posts

September 27 2007 22:45 GMT

#36

most of the subject tests are like that i think
on physics you can miss/get wrong (i forgot which) up to 9 and get 800

oneofthem

Cayman Islands24199 Posts

September 27 2007 22:50 GMT

#37

On September 28 2007 07:07 imBLIND wrote:
Woww

Is it really that easy?
Damn parents making it feel like this is a test to get a doctorate or something.

have you taken one yet

vstar

Korea (South)693 Posts

September 27 2007 23:06 GMT

#38

Yea idra
IIC is a JOKE lol. =) I heard physics was hard though

Titusmaster6

United States5937 Posts

September 27 2007 23:42 GMT

#39

To me, the SAT is the ultimate show for the failure of the US educational system. How can you evaluate students based on multiple choice questions? Where did this fascination of multiple choice even come from? For me, growing up in China then moving to the US, my biggest frustration of school has been standarized test such as the SAT. Maybe I am just bitter because my SAT scores don't do my GPA justice but I truly believe that this system is wrong. I mean the girl who sat behind me in Calculus had an F in the class and she didn't understand anything, but she got like a 780 on math of the SAT. The SAT doesn't prove shit, although I do give credit to people who can make it work for them.

anyway, gl imBLIND.

Equinox_kr

United States7395 Posts

September 27 2007 23:58 GMT

#40

On September 28 2007 08:06 vstar wrote:
Yea idra
IIC is a JOKE lol. =) I heard physics was hard though

2C is the easiest SAT 2 IMO.

I took 1C (780) and 2C (800) and I'm gonna take it again in November for a friend and he's gonna take chemistry for me whoooo :D